Conformity In The Crucible

Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible in 1953. He wrote it because in the 1950’s many things were happening to him that caused him to relate to the Salem witch trials. This is the historical evidence given in the overture. The modern issues which is individual freedom U.S conformity in the play. This showed how The Crucible was a different time period but the modern issues were reflecting the old ones. Another piece of historical evidence is Miller wrote the play to connect his real life where Senator Joseph McCarthy wanted to get rid of communism and basically wanted Miller to tell on his friends. Without Miller’s personal experience The Crucible might have not been written. It would have not been written due to the fact that without his personal
Putnam could also be considered to be the person most responsible for the riotous witchcraft situation by the end of act 1 in The Crucible. She was looking for people to blame for all her miscarriages, “ I have laid seven babies unbaptized in the earth. Believe me, sir, you never saw more hearty babies being born. And yet, each would wither in my arms the very night of their birth” (1095). Mrs. Putnam had been angry about her babies dying that she assumed witchcraft had to be done. This stirred up more of the drama. “They were murdered, Mr. Parris! And mark this proof! Mark it!” (1096). She was trying to make everyone know that she had proof of her children being killed by witchcraft. This point of view seems convincing at first that Mrs. Putnam would also be considered the person most responsible for the root out witchcraft situation in Salem by the end of act one. But, Abigail had been the one to be found in the woods dancing which brought up witchcraft more in Salem. Sure Mrs. Putnam had mentioned it before because she wanted an explaination to why her children were dying but, witchcraft was not a big deal until the situation with Abigail happened. Abigail had been with Betty and all the other girls when she came back with Betty who was in an unresponsive state. Abigail was the one to blame, so because of this she had caused more attention to witchcraft in Salem. She had been blaming people for her mistake because she did not want to be whipped or worse killed. In fact Abigail in the most responsible for the riotous acts for the witchcraft situation in Salem because she had been caught in the woods dancing, accused people of doing witchcraft, and supposedly saw people with the